A forum for the appreciation of all things related to the classical music of Latin America.
Had a great rehearsal with the KU music students last night! Though they may not know this, they are now the “Kansas version” of the Cayambis Sinfonietta. Together, we’ll be performing four pieces from the Americas: Victor Herbert’s Panamericana, Oscar Lorenzo Fernández’s Batuque, O Garatuja by Alberto Nepomuceno, and Alfonso Leng’s La muerte de Alsino. …
This is great news! The University of Kansas has organized their first Latin American Art Music Festival! I’m writing about this because I’m very excited to be involved. Over the course of the five-day festival, I’ll be having a busy schedule, including talking to the KU entrepreneurship class about the business of music, conducting a …
Born Johannes Hendrikus Philip Kindler, Hans Kindler (1892-1949) was a Dutch-American cellist and conductor. A student of Belgian cellist Jean Gérardy, in 1910 he appeared as a soloist with the Berlin Philharmonic. However, in spite of a growing reputation on that continent, four years later he left for the United States in order to seek …
A pioneer may, in fact, be someone who does not or did not garner very much attention at all. It could be a person who, though not necessarily a leader or prominent individual, nevertheless made notable contributions or advancements in his or her field. Leila Fern Thompson was such a person. While working from the …
Paul Herman Apel was born in 1882 in the central German city of Gottingen. Departing from Hamburg, Germany, on board the S. S. Pretoria, he arrived in New York City on May 7, 1899. The passenger manifest noted that Apel’s ticket had been purchased by his mother, Antoinette Apel, and that his final destination was …